Graining-tool.



T. J. MCELHENIE.

GRAINING TOOL.

APPLIUATION FILED PEB. 1o, 19134 1,121,272, Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

Mfmfirfs/ UNITE@ STATES FATENTV F -Iflldl THOMAS J. MCELIIENIE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 THE `OHIO VARNISH COMINY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

GRAINING-TO OL.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented nee. i5, i914.

Application filed February 10, 1913. Serial No. 747,298.

To all whom fit may conce/rn.'

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. MGEL- HENIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Graining-Tools, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a tool adapted to be used by grainers for wiping out the graining color from a surface, and thus leaving portions representative of the graining of wood. This tool is specifically of that type which is adapted to be moved over surface by a combined pulling and rocking motion, such, for example, as shown in Patent No. 983,627, granted Feb. 7, 1911 to The Ohio Varnish Company, assignee of J ames Lamb.

The object of this invention is to provide a tool of this type adapted to give a feathered grain, that is to say, a grain, which is characteristic of some woods, wherein there is a central or intermediate vein from which arms tend to branch, after the manner approximately of a feather.

I have discovered that the desired results may be accomplished by providing the curved surface of the tool with a pad consisting of two sets of concentric ribs which meet each other adjacent to the central line on the pad. The concentric ribs are preferably struck about centers which are adjacent to the two upper corners of the tool, so that various ribs join in a series of points along the median line of the surface and directed toward the upper edge.

The drawings clearly illustrate the tool, Figure l being a perspective view thereof and Fig. Z a development of the pad.

Referring to Fig. 1, A represents the body of the tool, and B a handle or knob projecting from the upper surface thereof. The body A. may be of wood, or other material.

It is an elongated member having an under surface, which is preferably a portion of a cylinder,perhaps a quarter portion,-then a fiat top surface 0,', in front of which is a concave top and front surface while in front of it is preferably a flat surface a3. C represents the graining pad, which is secured to the convex surface a of the head,

there being, preferably an interposed soft sheet D of felt. In use the operators fingers straddle the shank of the knob, land the thumb and little finger bear against the two ends of the body, as will be well understood. By holding the tool in this manner, it may conveniently be drawn, and, at the same time, rocked along a surface which is to be Y grained.

The graining pad C may consist of rubber, or other suitable material.` It has a continuous body portion on which are formed two sets of concentric ribs c and 02. The ribs are preferably rectangular in cross section and leave between them grooves o4 also rectangular in cross section. The ribs of the set c are concentric about the same center, as, for example, the point c6 adjacent to one corner of the pad. Similarly, the set of ribs c2 are concentric about the center c7. The ribs of the two sets meet in a central plane, indicated by `03, and thus produce a series of points o8. The pad is fastened to the body of the tool in such direction that these points c8 project toward the handle. The pad is secured on the body of the tool in any suitable manner, as, for example, by small nails.

The tool is simple and cheap in construction. It has clearly been demonstrated that the divided pad formed with the two sets of concentric ribs, meeting as shown, enables the production of imitation graining of a character which has heretofore required great skill to produce.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: e

1. In a graining tool, the combination of a head adapted to be rocked and drawn along, and a pad on said head having ribs arranged in two sets on the same surface, said ribs of the two sets being concentric-ally curved with their convex-edges adjacent, whereby the ribs meet in points located in an intermediate position on the surface of the pad.

Q. In a graining tool, the combination of a head having a convex surface, an elastic pad thereon having two sets of concentric ribs bounded by the same curved surface and struck about separated centers adjacent to the respective upper corners of the head, whereby certain ribs meet in points in a line on the surface of the head projecting Vtoward the l.upper edge of the/head, and a handle or knob -on the head toward which said points project.

3. A pad for graining comprising two sets of concentric ribs bounded by the same curved surface, the ribs of the two sets being struck about separated centers and having their convex edges adjacent, whereby corresponding ribs of the two sets meet in points on the same surface.

4. A pad for graining comprising two sets of concentric ribs,v the two sets being similar and onthe same surface but the ribs being struck about separated "centers, and corresponding ribs of the two sets having their convex edgesv adjacent and meeting in rra straight line extending across .the pad. a

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS J. MCELHENIE.

Witnesses: c

WYM. P. REDD, R. P. ANDERSON, Jr.

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